Stafford 8 Bargain Hunt

We have navigated our way to the watery West Midlands,

where these very canals helped transform, in the 18th century,

Staffordshire's economy,

opening up trade routes for local industries like potting,

brewing and engineering. But our teams are dead

keen on locking onto a decent deal and barging off the old profits,

so, let's go bargain hunting, yeah!

Today, our teams are immersing themselves in the rafts

of goodies over at the Stafford Antiques And Collectables Fair.

They are longing to sink their £300 into objects which will

float off and make them a huge profit over at the auction.

So, why don't we now find out what floats their boats?

Today on Bargain Hunt...

The Reds are ruthless negotiators.

-£65.

-OK.

-£65?

-Yeah, he's already offered £65.

Oh, OK. Yes, I'll take it!

-You did really well there.

-THEY LAUGH

While the Blues get a nasty fright.

Oh, my God!

No, no, no!

And the experts are smug and silly at auction.

Yes!

Whoo-hoo!

Let's meet today's teams.

Well, what fun today.

Beth has brought her mother, Sue,

and Imo has bought her dad, Henry.

-Hello, everyone.

-Hello!

-Hello!

-Lovely to see you.

Now, Sue, you have navigated a strange

-path in your professional life, haven't you?

-I have, yes.

I started out as an architect and now I am a wayfinding architect.

What does that mean?

So I design things to help people find their way,

so that means designing signs and maps outside, inside,

lots of interesting towns I've been to and cities.

And what sort of a sign have you had as

to how you're going to get on in Bargain Hunt?

Well, we hope we're going to do quite well, but you never know.

Now, Sue, it says here that you were introduced to this young lady

rather sooner than you thought.

Well, yes, what happened was two weeks before she was due,

we were in the theatre watching The Invisible Man, as it happens,

and about halfway through the second half, I suddenly thought, "Oh,

"something's happening here," but we were enjoying it

so much I thought, "Well, let's just stay," but my waters had broken so...

At the end of the theatre we then rushed out,

rushed to the hospital and Beth was born about an hour later.

-How lovely.

-So we were very lucky, got there just in time.

As a result of that rather dramatic entry,

I suppose it's had an effect on you, Beth, has it?

Yeah, I studied film and TV at university

and my latest film actually has been shortlisted for a film festival.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you.

How lovely is that? And where does

this ultimately take you, then, Beth?

What you want to do at the end of your degree course and whatnot?

Well, just by studying film, I do actually want to go into event

planning, especially city cultural events.

What has that got to do with your degree, pray?

Well, it's the same sort of process,

it's just the end element that's different.

Just tell me, what sort of things

will you be looking out for to buy today on Bargain Hunt?

Well, something novel, something interesting, unusual.

-Yeah.

-We're going to have a hoot anyway. Very good, girls.

-Now, Henry.

-Yes, Tim.

You intend milking it for what it's worth today, don't you?

-That's a good one, Tim. Yeah.

-Thank you.

Somebody wrote that, I have to say.

-Because you are...

-A dairy farmer.

There we go. We've got it out. Well done.

-And how many cows have you got?

-250 at the moment, Tim.

Gosh, that's a serious herd.

-And then you have to get up every day and milk them.

-Yeah.

Have you got one of those lovely milking parlours where you

-go around plugging these girls in like this?

-Gosh, no, Tim.

-We've moved on a bit now.

-Have we? Oh.

-Yeah.

How do we milk them now?

You put 15 aside and you have one unit that goes

from one side to the other.

-Oh, do you?

-Yeah.

And one person and just two and a half hours, and job's done.

-Is it really? As quick as that.

-Yeah.

What sort of things do you like to get up to

-when you have some leisure?

-Leisure?

Well, I do like farm sales.

-Whether you call that leisure, I don't know.

-Well, I don't know.

Good fun, hey.

We do a bit of point-to-point racing which is out across the fields,

not in a proper race track.

-And do you do any riding yourself?

-No.

-You avoid that?

What about you, Imo? Do you do a bit of riding?

I do, I do enjoy riding a bit, yeah.

I've got a pony at home that I share with my sister.

So what do you get up to on the farm, Imo?

Well, the calves are sort of my side of things so I feed them

in the mornings and the afternoons and check if everything is OK.

If I am needed in the parlour then grudgingly I go and help milking.

But you are particularly fond of moo-sic, I'm told.

You got that right, yeah.

-Somebody wrote that too.

-Yeah.

Yeah, I play the flute and the piano and I sing.

And I was at agricultural college for two years at Harper Adams.

And during the second year,

I decided my course wasn't really for me -

there was a bit too much maths involved and I sort of missed

my music an awful lot - so I've decided to pack my bags.

-I'm off to Huddersfield.

-Are you going to read a music degree, then?

-Yes, music performance.

-Nice, how lovely.

So what is going to be in your field of view today?

-What are you going to buy?

-Something different, hopefully.

I know what we don't want, don't we?

-We don't want plates or cutlery or china.

-All that boring stuff.

-You see it everywhere.

-Agricultural, Tim.

-Oh, really?

-Try for that.

-Ah!

-And I'd quite like something a bit musical

as well, get my own back.

It seems to me we're going to have a splendid show.

Now, the money moment, there's your £300, £300.

You know the rules, your experts await.

And off you go and very, very, very good luck.

No more farming puns, thank you.

Now, let's meet today's experts.

These boots are made for walking.

It's Thomas Plants for the Reds.

Yee-haw!

She is a big fan of antiques.

For the Blues, it's Christina Trevanian.

Sue, Beth. Are you excited?

-We're very excited, yes.

-Very excited.

-Right, team.

-Right.

-Are we ready?

-Ready as I'll ever be.

Now, what tickles your fancy, you lot?

I quite like oak furniture.

Yeah? And what about you, Sue?

-Well, I just want to find things that are cheap...

-Cheap?! Cheap?!

We're in the antiques business!

-Father and daughter duo.

-That's right.

Do you get on most of the time?

-SHE LAUGHS

-Yes. We love to argue.

Right, teams. Your time starts now.

Oh, happy days, let's go.

Let's go!

-I love old things.

-Old things, well, you're in the right place.

Yes, really old.

Don't be afraid to pick things up.

Just look at the price!

Oh, yeah. Move away.

-That's quite nice.

-I don't... Do you think so? I'm not sure.

No, OK, moving on!

Our experts are going to have to work their socks off to

please their teams today.

-You're a farmer, aren't you, Henry?

-Yeah, I am.

Quite a nice agricultural...

-Bucket.

-Rustic bucket.

-Bucket!

-Bedroom chair?

-Not a big fan.

Not a big fan? Let's move on then.

Oh, God!

No, it's not on the table, is it? No.

I'm sorry. I'm trying for you, it's not working.

You'll have to try harder, Christina.

Oh, it looks like the Reds are being drawn in by something.

-I like these sort of boxes.

-Oh, that's quite fun, isn't it?

If we got it for £15.

So, Freeman Cigars. Freeman is Britain's...

-Quite fun to mount on a wall.

-It is, yeah.

-You could put all sorts of little nice...

-Trinkets.

Trinkets and stuff in, yeah.

You could put trinkets in

and it's quite lovely having that

bit of advertising on it there, isn't it?

Well, it just looks a bit distinctive.

It looks like something I've not seen before. I like the shape of it.

For £15? What's the best on that? You've got £18 on it.

-£12.

-£12.

-£12.

That's a good thing, isn't it? It fits your requisite.

It does, it's cheap! SHE LAUGHS

Well, you can always ask, Beth.

-Why don't you go and ask?

-I might do.

Go on, don't be shy. Go and ask.

Hey...

Would you possibly take ten pounds for it?

-Yes, go on.

-Ten pounds.

-Ten pounds.

-Yeah, all right, let's do that.

-Yes?

-You two drive a hard bargain.

-Shake on it.

Thank you.

Beth's sweet and innocent charms

have worked their magic on the dealer.

-We got it for ten pounds!

-Well done.

-Fantastic.

-That is really very good.

-Yeah?

-Ten pounds.

-You've got to make a profit on that, haven't you?

-Yeah.

That's your first item done. Is that the way we want to go?

Good items for not a great deal of money.

Well, no, we might find nicer items...

-That's a good starter.

-It is a good one.

-Yeah.

Come on then.

Well done, Reds. 15 minutes in, one down, two to go.

What have you found, Blues?

-Oh, my God!

-What's hiding?

-There's a massive spider under there!

-Oh, my God!

No, no, no!

Does that come with it?

-No, no, no!

-What shall I do with it?

Oh, God, no!

Hey, you're farm girl, Imo.

I thought you were made of tougher stuff.

Beth's focused on something right up her street though.

Is that the kind of thing that you would have used in your degree?

That's great.

Bolex, Swiss-made, a bit different to the camera we're using today,

-isn't it?

-Yes, just a little bit.

But the lens is probably really good.

You need to find a specialist auction for them. I really do.

-Great thing.

-Yes.

Let's carry on.

I think it's a wrap on that one, Reds.

Over with the Blues, Christina is

getting a wooden reception from Henry.

What you think of this?

25 quid?

-Oh, £45!

-£45. Yeah.

Just a really lovely piece of carved oak.

I just think it's early 20th century,

got the lovely acorns and leaves and I'm getting all carried away,

aren't it? But I just think it's quite nice.

Quite nice. Nicely carved.

You're not loving it?

Not...

-It looks a bit sort of dark, doesn't it?

-It's beautiful!

One man's trash is another woman's treasure.

Acorns, a quintessential English tree.

It's like the sort of thing you find in a church.

-Could you use it for anything else, I wonder?

-It's a letter rack, isn't it?

-That's what it is, yeah.

-What else could you use it for?

-Not a lot.

-Wine rack.

-One bottle.

-Loo roll rack.

Henry is not taken with Christina's charming little letter rack.

-Chocolate moulds.

-Henry, no!

That's you told.

Sorry!

SHE LAUGHS

She gets quite fierce, doesn't she?

Let's ask the price and see what they say.

-Hello.

-Hello.

What would your best be on the letter rack?

I can't remember what's on that.

-Don't look at it.

-£15.

Fiver, I think.

You're making things up.

£35, Christina.

£35. I think that's lovely. No pressure.

But we could do with a purchase. And I think this is a lovely thing.

-I do quite like this stall, though.

-Nice pieces here.

Lots of nice things.

Yeah, good rustic, agricultural sort of things, aren't they?

Have a good look around, but I would like you to buy something

-within the next couple of minutes, OK?

-OK.

Well said, Christina. Shake a leg.

Is Thomas having any more luck with the Reds?

It looks like...

-The light isn't attached.

-Oh, good.

-Give it a spin.

Isn't that lovely?

Good bit of solid treen on there.

-I think that's a cake... Do you think it's a cake...?

-Cake stand?

Well, you could use it for cakes because they're very popular.

I think it's more likely for pots from Staffordshire.

-Oh, of course, yes.

-We're in Stafford here, Staffordshire.

-So how much is it? Let's have a look.

-£85.

Oh, it says painter's wheel.

Painter's wheel, so it could be for painting pots, painting glass.

-I think it's rather stylish.

-I quite like it, yeah.

I can't decide, do you think this is sycamore?

-The wood.

-Yes.

It's a sycamore top, so very, very hard wood on a cast-iron base.

The base has got a mark here for the G Hassle Ltd.

Cast iron. And that is Colbridge,

that's where it has been made.

What's the best on that?

-£65.

-£65.

-Yeah.

-I think that is a good thing. What you think?

-I like it.

-Should we go for it?

-How much? £65?

-£65.

-£65.

-OK.

-£65?

-Yeah, well he's already offered £65.

-Oh!

-OK, yes, I'll take it.

-Thank you very much.

You did really well there. Thank you, sir. Pleasure.

Thank you very much.

Well done, Reds. That's two down in 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, the Blues are still cooking up a storm at the stall.

It came out of a big house, it could go back in a big house, couldn't it?

It could go over a range, like a cooker range.

-As a mantelpiece sort of thing.

-Yeah.

If somebody has got the right property, it's a fantastic item.

But I have to say, it's just my opinion,

but I think there is a bigger market for that and you're spending less.

-Yeah, more people would buy that than that.

-Exactly.

-Let's go for that.

-Yeah?

Oh, she's won him round.

-So would you do that at £30?

-£35.

-£30.

-£35.

-£30.

-£35.

-£30.

We're taking a bit of firewood away for you.

I know, but won't keep the house warm, that one.

THEY LAUGH

-£30. You got a deal.

-Yeah, go on. Yeah.

You're a star. Thank you.

Our Christina sure knows how to get her own way.

-Exactly.

-35 minutes left still to shop.

Have you found a third item yet, Thomas?

Beth, so what about this?

A display cabinet for a shop display,

but what's interesting is the shape of it.

It's got quite an interesting sort of juxtaposition of shape

and I love...

What I really like are the sliding doors.

Oh, no, I do like that.

You can imagine it being in a shop where there'd be

things on display, sweeties or something.

-How much is it?

-Very best is £125.

£125.

-It's a bit steep.

-It is.

-It is nice though, isn't it?

It's got a lot going for it. But I know what you mean, that's a good...

If it was under £100, I think we might...

I think that's going to be quite difficult. I think that is.

-I'm going to go and have a chat.

-All right.

Back on the farm, Henry and Imogen are hard at work.

Oh, it works.

SHE LAUGHS

I have a lot more success driving this than the ones at home.

Didn't think I'd come here and buy a tractor.

-I suppose I've got to, really, haven't I?

-I think, yeah.

-I mean, it's not refined or...

-It's a bit raw, isn't it?

It's quite rustic, but you've got to buy a tractor, haven't you?

Got to buy a tractor.

-I've got to buy it.

-Would you take ten or £15 on it?

I'll take £15, but I can't go any lower than that.

£15, it gives you a chance.

Do you want to go £15?

Someone will have a laugh after £15, won't they?

I don't know. Do you like it?

Well, we're struggling for time now, aren't we? So...

We are. We are getting very close on time.

What do we think? £15, guys.

-Mmm.

-What's your thoughts? Running out of time.

-Henry?

-Henry?

-It's not go to make less than £15.

-It might.

If it doesn't, we're only losing not a huge amount.

-It'll be a laugh, won't it?

-Yeah, let's go. Get it, get it.

-Shake the lady's hand. Say thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

-It takes some getting £15 out of me.

-I'll take them away.

All right, you lot, let's plough on, shall we?

You have one item left to buy. What's it to be?

-A tractor for you.

-A tractor, yeah.

It would be nice to get something musical for Imogen, wouldn't it?

-OK.

-What do you think?

-Yeah.

Something musical or...

We'll buy one of our own and argue over the third.

Yeah, what do you think?

Yeah, I'll keep my eye out for one.

Keep your eyes peeled for something that you like the look of.

Look out, Imo.

Right, has Thomas secured a good price on glass display cabinet?

-It's £120.

-Right.

I don't mind, I think it's quite a good thing.

I think it's nice, I just sort of worry

whether with make a profit on it.

-It is a lovely item.

-It is a lovely item. It's quality.

-How long have we got left?

-We've not got long, ten minutes.

So we could hold this in abeyance.

Could she hold it for us for ten minutes?

I'm sure she'd hold it for us in abeyance. I'm sure she would.

And let's have another go. We'll look at something else.

-Where do you want to go?

-I don't know but I just...

I think we're pushing it quite tight.

I'm a bit nervous about it so I don't want to make a decision.

No, it's a lot of money cos you've not spent three figures on an item.

No, I'm not very good at spending lots of money.

The issue we've got, you said £120 was your death,

and I know I'm pushing you and I feel so uncomfortable...

Oh, yeah, he's working his magic.

OK, £100. That's the best.

£100.

-I think that is... I think we'll do it, shall we?

-Yeah.

I think that's very good.

-We'll go for it.

-We'll take it.

Thank you very much. I'm sorry I pushed you so hard.

-But I think that's our third and final.

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Well done.

-Well, that went very quickly.

-You spent a grand total of £175.

-That's quite good, actually.

It is jolly good. Three items down and it's all over for you the Reds.

Now, the Blues are striking a chord with Imogen,

but aren't quite hitting the right notes.

-# Doo-doo-doo-doo! #

-No, it's not going to work.

No, I don't think. We don't know what it is.

Don't know what it is, I just saw keys and I was drawn.

-How much is it?

-£20.

-Do you know what it is?

These guys really know their stuff, don't they?

What's that noise?

It's not very refined, though. It's a bit of a basic model, isn't it?

We know it's there. We can come back for it.

Cor, they're making a right song and dance of this one.

JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS Now that is a soft tone needle.

-And it's doing all the ridges.

-It's quite fuzzy, isn't it?

So if you want something a bit harder, you put in another needle.

Do you get many records with it?

-I can give you a record with it.

-That's what we like.

There's just something about the sound of the record

player that is so evocative, isn't it? Such a past era, love it.

-How much is this one?

-That is £115.

-£115.

-And that one is £90.

-That one is £95.

-That one's £95?

-Yes.

That one... It's a lot more eye-catching, that one, isn't it?

It is in good condition, isn't it? Which is everything now, isn't it?

What would your absolute death be on that for us?

What would you be willing to...?

-I could do you that for £90.

-£90.

-And would that include the record?

-I'll throw the record in.

-There's also a pack of needles.

-There's a pack of needles in there.

I think it is so appropriate for you. You are so musical.

We've got a tractor, we've got a music thing

and we've got something in between.

Any more than can come off that price?

It could make all the difference between winning and losing for us.

-Come on!

-He's weakening.

I can see him smile.

-What about £85.

-£85.

He started off at £115.

What's your thoughts? Come on, Amy. This is yours.

-I want it.

-You want it?

-Yeah, I want it.

-OK, £85?

-Yeah.

-You happy?

-Yeah.

-Are we done?

-Yeah.

-Let me shake your hand.

-Thank you very much.

-Ooh, my goodness!

-Oh, steady.

Thank you so much.

That's all he wanted!

THEY LAUGH

Well done, team. That's it!

It's all over.

-You got quite a bit left, actually.

-Don't say that!

Shhh!

We've got none at all, none at all.

Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.

They burnt through a mere ten pounds on a cigar display box.

An early-20th-century rotating painter's wheel was theirs for £65.

They literally blew a tonne of money on a mahogany

and glass display cabinet.

What a mother and daughter combo, hey?

Gosh, did you look at some stuff?

-Oh, yeah.

-We did. Quite a lot.

-And it all finished up vaguely similar, which is healthy.

-Yes.

So, which is your favourite piece?

Mine is the painter's table.

And, Ma, what's your favourite piece?

I think the angled display cabinet.

OK, that's your favourite.

-Is that going to bring the biggest profit?

-No.

-What is?

I think the little cigar case.

OK, you see the biggest profit there.

-What do you think?

-I think the painter's table.

-OK, stick with your first...

-I stand by it.

-So sweet.

-OK, fine. And how much did you spend?

-We spent 175.

-That is a mature amount of money...

-Yes.

And I would like £125 of leftover lolly, please.

OK, Tom.

-There you go, 125.

-Thank you.

What are you going to spend it on?

Do you know...you're such a perfect contradiction, you two.

-I have no idea!

-THEY LAUGH

Well, that's exciting for us. Thank you, Tom.

Meanwhile, we're going to check out

what the Blue team bought, aren't we?

They bought a carved oak letter rack for £30.

They ploughed £15 into a little toy tractor.

How sweet.

They were in a spin with a 1950s record player for £85.

-Well, how was that you, Henry?

-Pretty good, Tim.

-Was it?

-How much did you spend?

-130.

Quite a lot for a farmer, isn't it?

-It is. Too much. Too much.

-THEY LAUGH

-Well, Imo, how was it for you, Imo?

-Had a really good time, thank you.

Day out with Dad, how lovely.

-So, who's got the leftover lolly?

-I have, I've been trusted with it.

-Have you?

-Which is a little bit of a surprise.

-OK, fine.

Well, I'll hang on to that.

-I won't count it cos I trust you, Imo.

-Oh, thank you.

And which is your favourite piece?

My favourite is definitely the gramophone.

Gramophone's a favourite.

-Do you agree with that, Dad?

-No.

-No.

No, of course he doesn't.

I bought a tractor.

Oh, that's your favourite piece.

Of course. And, um...

Which is going to bring the biggest profit, Imo?

-I personally think the gramophone, but...

-Yeah?

-Clearly, your father wouldn't.

-No.

-So, your tractor will?

I think there's profit in it, yeah.

-So our consultant said.

-Oh, yes, exactly.

-Lovely.

-Your cash there.

-Thank you, my love.

-Thank you.

-Go and do your worst...

-I will.

-..or your best.

-Got any ideas?

-Look!

-I know.

I might get a bit giddy with this.

Meanwhile, we're heading off to the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham.

Gosh, how spangly.

From supplying high street stores with affordable jewellery,

to feeding the lavish tastes of London's West End

and the opulent palaces of the Middle East,

Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter is a living, evolving community

of craftspeople, manufacturers and retailers,

and home to a staggering 500 jewellery businesses.

Today's Jewellery Quarter, though, is just a reflection

of what this place was like in its heyday

because around 1900,

apparently some 60 to 70,000 people depended on their livelihood

from the jewellery trade from this place

which, of course, contributed to Birmingham becoming known as

the workshop of the world.

When the whistles blew at the end of the working day,

the streets of the quarter would fill

with hordes of workers and craftspeople

and become engulfed by the hustle and bustle of crowds and trams.

A jewellery metropolis less than a mile from Birmingham city centre.

I'm here at the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

and former site of jewellers Smith and Pepper,

with curator Oliver Buckley.

Well, Oliver, this workshop is just extraordinary, isn't it?

Look at this lot.

Now, you can really see how it's a time capsule

and everything really just left as it was

the last day of trade.

They downed tools, as we say, and put them on the benches,

they hung their jackets on the wall there,

their grubby work jackets they'd no doubt worn for 40 years.

-And that was it.

-Amazing, isn't it?

So, these are technically silversmiths or goldsmiths benches

with all the tools and all the rest of it.

And how many would have been working in this factory space?

Think about 20 people would be working here as jewellers

around the benches, engraving things,

and, of course, the women running other parts of

the jewellery-making process.

And they worked for the firm, these chaps, man and boy, did they?

Absolutely.

We think a lot of jewellers trained from about the age of 14

and they did about a seven-year apprenticeship,

so it was a very long and, you know, demanding period

to become a fully qualified jeweller.

But people really wanted to do it because it was slightly higher-paid

than your average sort of factory work.

Behind me, there's an incredible array of what look like

stamps or punchers.

I mean, hundreds of them.

Absolutely, I mean, this is, in a way,

the intellectual property right of the firm really.

They've got about 7,000 here, we think.

-Gosh.

-Individual designs.

And what, essentially, the technology is

is quite simple, really,

which is a die which is the bottom part of the press

and then a stamp or punch that punches out the shape

so the two fit together perfectly

and out pops your, in this case, cross shape.

So, your nine carat gold crucifix comes out of the bottom.

And you use a fly press like that, do you, to do the squashing bit?

Yes, and that presses or stamps or crimps or punches out shapes

-in the sheet gold that they use as their raw material.

-Yeah...

So, what happens down these corridors?

What went on on the right there?

You've got the, what we call, the drop stamp pit,

and that's a bigger type of weighted stamp

that really thumps down on the sheet metal

and presses in really more detailed designs.

That was the domain of one particular man who worked at the factory

called Arthur Brewer.

And he almost became part of the Smith and Pepper family, really,

because he started in the 1920s

and he worked right through to the end,

so about 61 years, we think,

in that drop pit, stamp pit, every day.

And, in fact, you can see where he's worn the oak step

by putting his foot up and stamping down on the metal.

And he really worked here boy and man.

Gosh, isn't that marvellous?

Now, let's shimmy on over to see our teams

and see if they can sparkle at auction.

What could be nicer?

Cathedral City with the top chorister,

our Richard Winterton from Richard Winterton Auctioneers.

-Ricardo.

-And welcome.

-Thank you very much.

For a kick-off, you've got this Freeman cigar display cabinet.

Now, where do you think that might have been used?

I think, looking at it, it's going to be behind a bar.

Do we think hotel?

I don't think it's a shop one, it's too small for that,

so I think it's something that would have been up for display

for someone to have their cigars.

And would sell out of them. Yeah, exactly.

You could put your dinky toys in there, couldn't you?

You could do, or a little something, yeah.

-And how much will they pay?

-About 20 to 30.

-We've gone 20 to 30 and...

-Have you?

Yeah, and now I'm looking at this,

-I'm thinking 20 to 30 looks a bit top end.

-OK. Well, they paid

ten pounds, so anything more than ten pounds is fine.

OK, that's a good start.

Um, now we've got this cast-iron stool or potter's wheel

or whatever it is.

-It's a handsome lump.

-Yeah, yeah.

-It's just on trend, isn't it, this stuff?

-Yeah, tremendous.

That kind of industrial look is really in at the moment.

And quite excited about that lot, you know.

-Already had quite a bit of interest.

-Have you? What's it going to bring?

I think we're going to be 80 to 100, and the top end of that.

-Super, £65 spent.

-Yeah, yeah.

Now, the mahogany and glass display cabinet

is kind of handy for anybody who's got a little collection.

Yeah, and it's the sort of thing that is easy to sell,

there's always people wanting them who have got fairs to go to

and who want... I don't think it's a home one,

I think it's more of a commercial job.

I think it's a shop job, don't you?

-Late Victorian shop fitting, really.

-Yep.

Nicely made and it'll tickle up beautifully.

-What's it worth?

-We've got 80 to 100, again,

hopefully it'll take the top end.

-OK, it needs to cos they paid £100.

-OK.

But overall, I think they've paid sensible money for sensible objects.

They probably won't need the bonus buy,

but let's go and have a look at it anyway.

Beth, Sue, you gave your man £125.

Tom likes a spend up. Don't you, Tom?

I do like a spend up,

but I thought maybe I should follow your frugal antics,

and I bought this.

Now, this may not look like very much like this,

but it's folded.

But when you open it up

and you put it down, and look at the little table you've got.

It's a campaign table,

and this is an ideal thing by the side of your bed,

in your tent, putting your sort of glass of water on.

And somebody's done little pokerwork around here.

-What you think, Beth?

-Um...

-You hate it!

-I don't hate it.

I can see that.

It doesn't wow me.

Well, it's not going to wow you for the money I paid!

-How much did you pay?

-Guess!

-A tenner?

-Oh, for...

If I got it for a tenner, I'd be over the moon!

-You are talking to a student here, OK?

-Yeah.

-£30?

-No, it was 20.

-Oh, OK.

-It was £20.

-20?

Well, I like it a bit more now.

-You like it a bit more. It's all about the money, isn't it?

-Yeah.

So how much do you think it will make?

-At least a tenner.

-Yes.

-At least.

-Yeah, I would've thought that, yeah.

-There's a prediction, OK, girls?

-OK.

Anyway, you don't pick it now, you pick it later.

But for the audience at home, right now,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Tom's table.

It's, technically, a little coaching table

with a walnut pokerwork top.

I think the thing, all-round, has had quite a hard life, hasn't it?

It has. It's got a little bit of movement to it, it's...

It's OK, isn't it? Just a nice little occasional table.

-And what's your valuation?

-20 to 30.

-OK, £20 paid.

Well, that's it for the Reds, bless 'em.

And now, for the Blues,

who I think have got some more interesting things here,

because their first item is the oak letter rack...

..carved with berries and leaves.

-Was a useful thing to have.

-Exactly.

-Um...

-first class I'd say.

-RICHARD LAUGHS

-Oh, dear.

So, how do you rate this sort of thing, Richard?

We've only put 10-15 on it.

It's a bit dark and a bit dismal and...

-Apart from that?

-Apart from that...

-Very nice.

-It's very nice(!) Well, it's nicely carved.

-It is nicely carved.

-I can give it that.

-Yeah, exactly.

-£30 they paid, so you're going to need to work hard on that.

-Yeah.

Next is the wooden tractor.

Scratch built, so built by a proud father at home

-with love and care for his little nipper.

-Yep.

-Probably, I guess, in the 1950s, right?

-Yep.

-They've tried very hard.

-Haven't they?

-Yeah.

Extremely trying.

It's still not going to get me much up from the ten to 15.

-OK, well they only spent £15...

-Ah.

-..so that's all right.

-Clever move, yeah.

-Clever move.

And, um, if you fancy giving us a tune,

you could always have a go on this portable record player.

That is super, isn't it?

And, as a good, yeah, good example, isn't it?

-Nice and clean, good example...

-Yeah, clean, ready to go.

I mean, HMV, the very best make.

I mean, you can imagine playing that on the banks of the River Cam.

You're out punting one afternoon.

Have a little dance on the river bank.

In your dreams.

30 to 40 from us.

Is that all? Seriously, is that all?

It might get a touch more, but I can't...

Would you get £85 for it?

-Whoo-hoo.

-See what I mean? I don't want to go against you, Rich,

cos you're the maestro of selling these things.

I hope you aren't struggling at 30 to 40,

-cos I think it's a good £85 worth.

-OK.

-OK.

Well, that's it, then.

So, depending on how the record player goes

will determine whether they need the bonus buy,

but let's go and have a look at it anyway.

Now, chickens, £130 was spent.

That meant that Christina had £170 of leftover lolly.

A small fortune by any standards.

What did you spend it on?

-I love it.

-Oo!

-All right.

-I really, really, really love it.

-It's a box.

-And inside this wonderful box...

-Oh, wow.

-Oh.

Gosh, a set.

Is this really rather lovely set of studs, cufflinks

made by a company called Asprey.

Oh, I've heard of them.

Now, you are a quality pair,

so I have bought you a piece of quality.

This really is quality.

We've got white gold, we've got mother-of-pearl

and little sea pearls in the middle.

-Very delicate, very wearable, very beautiful.

-Right.

Still useful today, not only by a man,

who it would have been made for,

but a lady could use those cufflinks as well.

-So, they are still usable today.

-You sold it, anyway.

-How much do you think, well, did you spend?

-Oh, yeah, how much?

-Well, you gave me 170...

-Yes.

..and I spent 170.

Did you manage to wangle it down a bit, or was it...?

I did. I believe they were marked up about £350.

-Oh, wow!

-Good Lord!

-Well done.

So, I... Yeah.

-Are you happy with that, Hen?

-I don't know.

-Oh...

-Oh!

What do you mean you don't know?

-It's a bit...top end.

-It is a risk, it is a risk.

What do you think, Imo?

I like them, and I like the fact that we knocked nearly £200 off.

-Lovely, yes? Happy with that?

-Yes, happy.

You don't decide now, you decide later.

But let's find out what the auctioneer thinks

about Christina's little set.

Well, look at that. A dress set.

Look, cufflinks, studs,

back stud, front stud.

-They've done well to find this. Hasn't she?

-Asprey's.

White gold, mother-of-pearl, seed pearl, complete.

-What more could you ask for, Richard?

-You've said it all.

It's got the name, it's got everything, it's a great look...

I think she's done fab to find it.

Again, depends what she's paid for it, but we've put...

Well, we've put 100 to 120 on it. Probably slightly cautious.

-It should do well more than that.

-Might it make 200?

-It's worth 200, isn't it?

-It is really.

-It is worth that.

Are we going to get that? It should do.

-OK. £170 she paid.

-Well, there you go.

-Yeah.

I mean, she's pretty sharp on this stuff.

-Are you confident?

-I am.

I've never known you not be confident.

Excellent. The auction awaits.

At eight pounds, at eight pounds. No-one else coming at eight pounds?

£20...

-BANGS GAVEL

-708, thank you.

-Sue, Beth, how're you feeling?

-A bit nervous.

What have you got to be nervous about?

-It's just excitement.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-Is there anything that you wish you hadn't bought?

-No.

-No?

-You like everything you've bought?

-I like everything we bought...

And quite right too.

First up, though, is the cigar shop cabinet,

and here it comes.

Where are we going to be? Nothing on my book.

Two pound to start me. Start it off, two pound.

Two bed, four bid, six bid, ten bid.

Ten bid, internet. Ten bid, ten bid.

-15, the internet...

-We paid ten!

£20, I'm bid. £20...

25, the room. 25, the room.

25, the room. 25, the room.

25 in the room.

£30, the room. £30 in the room.

At 30. 30, 30.

In the room at 30.

All done. Sold, then, at £30.

-BANGS GAVEL Yes!

-Plus £20.

-You tripled your money.

-Girls!

-Oh, fab.

Hassall cast-iron wooden workshop revolving stool.

Bit of interest on this. £20, bid.

£30, £40, £50, £60, £70,

£80 in the room. £80 in the room.

-At £80, I'm bid, at £80.

-Well done.

At £80, at £80. I'm bid at £80.

At £80, at £80.

At £80. £90, £90.

-£100.

-I can't believe it.

-£100.

There at £100. You're all done.

Sold, then, at 100.

-BANGS GAVEL

-That is plus £35.

Amazing. You're plus 55.

The tabletop display cabinet.

30, 40, 50, 60, £60 with me.

£60 I'm bid.

£60, I'm bid. At £70 in the room.

£70 in the room. £80, I'm bid.

80, 90 in the room.

£90, I'm bid. In the room at 90.

-90, 90.

-Come on.

90, 90 in the room...

£100, the internet,

100, the internet,

-100, the internet.

-Come on, a bit more.

Says no, at the back, at £100.

All done, the internet.

All finished? Sold at 100.

-BANGS GAVEL

-Wiped its face.

Very good. Wiped its face.

No profit, no loss. No shame, no gain!

-Well done!

-Yes.

-Thanks.

-So, overall, you are plus £55. That's cool, isn't it?

-Oh, yes.

Oh, yes, says Mummy.

Good... Now, what are you going to do?

Are you going to do the folding table, risk it for a biscuit?

-No.

-No.

-What?

-No, I don't know, it's just...

-You don't like it? Do you?

-I don't like it.

-You're not going to do it, right?

-No?

-No?

We definitely have, we're not doing it?

OK, well, we're going to sell the table anyway.

Tom's folding table's coming now.

Nothing on my book.

Don't mind where you start. Two bid.

Two pound I bid. Two pound.

Four pound, six pound.

Eight pound...

Probably did the right thing.

£15.

Internet, you're out.

Room bid at 15. 15, 15.

£20. 25, the internet.

25 the internet, 25 the internet.

25 the internet.

You're all finished?

Sold, then, at 25.

-BANGS GAVEL

-So, we didn't go with the bonus buy,

which made a five pound. Well done, Tom.

So, your profits stick at plus £55,

which is a very good number, I have to tell you.

So, congratulations on that.

-And, the big thing is, don't say a word to the Blues.

-No.

-No.

-OK, keep them in the dark.

-Yeah.

-Henry, Imogen, how are you feeling?

-Excited.

-Yeah.

-Do you know how the Reds got on?

-No idea.

-Not a clue, no.

Good, that's the way we like it, not a clue.

First up is Christina's letter rack,

and here it comes.

The oak wall letter rack there.

Commission bids again,

on my book here.

4067. Ten pounds, I'm bid.

Ten pounds, I'm bid. 12, 15, £20,

25, £30, 35,

£40, madam. £40...

They know a good rack, don't they?

They know a good rack, yes,

and I will provide it.

'£40, you're in, madam.'

-Sold, then, at £40.

-BANGS GAVEL

You like this game now, don't you, Henry?

# I told you so, I told you so. #

I'm dreading this one.

-Plus ten pounds.

-Here it is.

The wooden model of the tractor.

Two pounds.

Two, three, four, six, eight,

'10, 15.'

15, right away at 15...

-Come on, come on, come on.

-It's going to wipe its face.

£15, I bid.

-£15, all out.

-Come on!

Sold, then, at 15.

-BANGS GAVEL

-£15, it's wiped his face.

-That's OK, yeah.

-No pain, no gain. That's OK.

Now, the gramophone.

Tremendous condition. 1469.

Ten pounds, I'm bid.

15, 20, 25,

-'30, 40...'

-Be brave.

50 to you, sir.

Off the internet, 50 to you.

-See, they're all over it on the internet.

-Come on, come on.

70, the room.

70, the room. 75, sir? 75.

-Yes!

-'£80, sir?'

£80.

£80, I'm bid.

At 80, at 80, at 80, at 80.

Seated, at £80.

You're all finished? Sold at 80.

-BANGS GAVEL Oh!

-Oh...

-£80 is minus five.

-Which means overall...

-It's all right.

-..you are plus five.

Now, what are we going to do about this expensive lot?

-I can't, I can't...

-I would rather not go with it.

I think, as we're plus five,

I said, if we'd have lost, I probably would have gone with it

just to hedge our bets, and we've got nothing to lose.

A fiver for a farmer is making a lot of money.

OK, we're not going with it, OK. Well, there we go.

But we're going to sell it anyway, and here it comes.

Nine carat white gold, tremendous thing.

In the box, it looks fab.

It looks fab. A lot of interest on my book.

-I'm in at 100 straight in at 100.

-IMOGEN SIGHS

110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160.

160, 170, 180.

Henry!

'180, I'm a bid at 180.'

180, 180. At 180. At 180.

180, you're hovering at 180. 180.

No, they say, 180. All done.

-Sold at 180.

-BANGS GAVEL

-Oh, I'm sorry.

-That's all right!

-£180, well done, Christina.

-Plus ten pounds.

-Apologise to me!

Kids, you've got a five-pound profit.

It's difficult enough on Bargain Hunt

-to make a profit at all, right?

-It certainly is on this game.

Look at Henry's face.

-Anyway, say not a word to the Reds, all right?

-No, no.

OK, mum's the word, and all will be revealed in a moment.

How lovely is this?

Two teams of winners on Bargain Hunt.

IMOGEN: Oh, no!

Each team is going home with cash.

Now, this is an unusual situation.

-Have you teams been chatting to one another at all?

-OTHERS: No.

-Not about the results, anyway.

-Not about the results, anyway.

Well, Imo, the truth has to come out at some point.

You're both taking home cash,

but the team taking home rather less cash than the other

just happens to be the Blues.

We thought so.

-The Blues are going home with five pounds in cash.

-Yay!

Which is...in Bargain Hunt terms, a substantial amount.

Look, Henry's coming straightforward.

This is the farming father taking the aggressive pose.

Um, it started out beautifully

with a ten-pound unexpected profit on the letter rack,

then a wiped face,

and a tiny little loss on the gramophone, sadly.

And, um, you then stood with the five pounds

and could not sum up courage to support Christina

in her white gold and whatnot dress set,

leaving you with five pound.

-Better than nothing, isn't it?

-It's better than nothing.

And did we have fun?

-Yeah, we did.

-We did.

-We sure did.

-A lot of fun.

And I'm so glad you came.

Now, girls.

You are going home with £55,

which is what they used to call, in the old days, folding money,

which is clever of you.

£20 on that cigar case.

Who ever would have thought that?

-£35 on that revolving stool, and the wiped face, yes?

-Yes.

And you didn't go with the bonus buy

because you didn't support the table...initiative of Tom's,

which made another five-pounds profit.

You could've made 60, but you're going home with 55,

-which is pretty good.

-It's pretty good.

-You're pleased with it?

-Very pleased.

-For a student, it's a fortune, right?

-Yes!

No, lovely. Great team.

Great mother and daughter, father and daughter teams today.

Thank you so much for coming.

In fact, join us soon for some more bargain-hunting, yes?

ALL: Yes!